The nephew of Maldives president Abdulla Yameen has been arrested for allegedly bribing politicians to challenge the

A top Indian diplomat said China is being unusually aggressive in a month-old border dispute with India that shows

Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya

Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany are among the best placed wealthy countries to cope with shocks like large-scale migration due to their strong safety nets, education programmes and economic opportunities, says a global report by KPMG.

President Rodrigo Duterte plans to extend martial law in the southern Philippines to defeat Islamist militants who have

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's security adviser told diplomats yesterday that a UN mission looking into

Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad urged the prime minister yesterday to attend a town hall meeting

India should not use “trespass” into the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector as a “policy tool” to achieve its “political

Plans are underway to rebrand palm oil, according to a Malaysian minister.

Japan yesterday downplayed South Korea's offer to hold military talks with North Korea, saying the priority should be piling pressure

A man was arrested for allegedly setting ablaze a two-storey house in eastern China on Sunday, killing 22 people and injuring three,

India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as

Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an

The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were scattered in the sea yesterday after a controversial funeral, as

Comedy group AIB has been accused of posting offensive content on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a complaint filed by the Mumbai police.

Web-based Telegram is blocked in Indonesia as the government finds some of its users promote radicalism and terrorism in the web.

India has rejected China's offer to mediate and help resolve the Kashmir issue, insisting talks will only take place with

China yesterday lashed out at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave

Floods in India's northeast have killed at least 83 people and led to the death of three rare one-horned rhinoceros at a national park that has the world's largest concentration of the species.

China yesterday insisted that it was upholding UN sanctions on North Korea despite a jump in its trade with the nuclear-armed nation